Enculturation and acculturation Flashcards
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Enculturation
learning and maintenance of the behaviors and norms of our own culture
Values enculturation
When we discuss the effect of enculturation on cognition
Direct tuition
When your parents tell you what you are supposed to do
Participatory learning
engage in an activity and then transfer that learning to later situations
Acculturation
When people move into another culture and adopt the norms and behaviours of the majority culture
Assimilation
When an individual abandons their original culture and adopt the cultural behaviours and values of their new culture
Integration
When there is an interest in adopting the behaviours and values of the new culture, while still maintaining the original culture
Separation
When migrants maintain their own culture and minimize contact with the new culture
Marginalization
Results when it is not really possible to maintain one’s original culture, but because of exclusion or discrimination, it is not possible to assimilate into the new culture
Acculturative stress
The psychological, somatic, and social difficulties that may accompany acculturation, often resulting in anxiety, depression, and other forms of mental and physical stress
Acculturation gaps
generational differences in acculturation and how this leads to conflict within the family